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Edward PHILLIPS, Dallas
Stagnation in the American helicopter industry can be overcome in the next few years, due to the fact that the growing stability of the economic development creates a demand for modern technology, requires more pilots and opens up new prospects for the industry.
Roy Ricevete, President of the helicopter Association International (HAI) believes that the helicopter industry is facing a number of challenges that need to be addressed in the reconstruction process of the industry.
Among these problems:

  • The shortage of pilots and mechanics, able painful impact on the situation in the sector by 2010, It stems from the fact that the pilots of the era of the Vietnam war reach retirement age just at the time when the reduced training of pilots of combat helicopters.
  • The proposal by the Federal aviation administration (FAA) new national rules of air tourist traffic, which, according to Mr. Ricemedia, very little attention is paid to the problems of improving safety, but a lot of the provisions, leading to additional costs of exploitanten. If these rules will come into effect, about 900 helicopter operators will go bankrupt, leaving the other face-to-face with the more stringent criteria of acceptable weather conditions, including requirements for visibility and high altitude. HAI experts, according to Roy Ricemedia, proposed a number of changes in these proposals the FAA.
  • The cost of insurance. Insurance premiums remain high and threaten to bankrupt many operators. Although the rising cost of insurance coverage has recently slowed, the premiums for many still remain too high. The pressure of the market, according to Mr. Recevez may lead to a further reduction of insurance costs, however the equilibrium point will be much higher than the one that was a few years ago. With the aim of reducing insurance costs HAI also focusing its efforts on law reform tort law at the state level.
  • The integration of helicopters and convertiplanes in future infrastructure use of the national airspace. It is necessary to introduce the convertiplane systems, flight instruments, providing the possibility of exact output to the landing site. The expansion will require an increase in the number and helicopter ports.
  • Coordinated the use of helicopters owned by state and commercial structures in crisis situations. “If the United States will undergo a major new terrorist attack, the helicopter fleet of government services may not be enough to rescue people,” says Roy Reseverd. The government should develop within the Ministry of national security, “a special program of simultaneous use of military-owned and commercial structures of helicopters, financed from public funds and controlled by the state” and to create a national database of helicopters that can be used in case of emergencies on a national scale.
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